Jules Leroy
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Jules Leroy French priest and researcher in the domains of Syriac, Coptic
and Ethiopian
manuscripts, art and architecture.
As a novice he joined the French Benedictine congregation of Solesmes
in their exile at Isle of Wight. From1930 to 1933 Leroy studied at the Pontificio Istituto Biblico in Rome.
Leroy's early researches in iconography of Pre-Chalcedonian Christian Churches were guided by Henri Seyrig in the Lebanon and by the historian of art, André Grabar
. A researcher in the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Leroy was attached to the Institut d' Etudes et de Recherches d' Ethiopie in Addis Abeba.
Sources:
René-Georges Coquin, Necrologie, Syria, Vol. 57 (1980), p.502-503.
Palmer, A.N. and Ginkel,J, 'Leroy, Jules' in Dictionary of Art 19 (1996), p.231-232.
Selected Publications:
Les Manuscrits Syriaques à peinture conservés dans les Bibliothèques d'Europe et d' Orient. Contribution à l' étude et à l' iconographie des églises de langue syriaque, Geuthner, 1964.
Ethiopie, archéologie et culture, Desclée de Brouwer, 1973.
Coptic
Coptic may refer to:*The Copts: were a major ethnic group in Egypt. This term described all the people living in Egypt under Roman rule during the 4th to 6th centuries A.D., and until the Muslims took over....
and Ethiopian
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
manuscripts, art and architecture.
As a novice he joined the French Benedictine congregation of Solesmes
Solesmes
Solesmes is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in northwestern France.It is located near Sablé.The commune is almost entirely agricultural, but is especially noted as the site of the Benedictine St. Peter's Abbey, originally founded in 1010 and re-established by...
in their exile at Isle of Wight. From1930 to 1933 Leroy studied at the Pontificio Istituto Biblico in Rome.
Leroy's early researches in iconography of Pre-Chalcedonian Christian Churches were guided by Henri Seyrig in the Lebanon and by the historian of art, André Grabar
André Grabar
André Grabar was an art historian of Medieval and Byzantine art. Born and raised in Ukraine and educated in the Russian Empire, he spent much of his career in France and the US but wrote all his papers in French...
. A researcher in the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Leroy was attached to the Institut d' Etudes et de Recherches d' Ethiopie in Addis Abeba.
Sources:
René-Georges Coquin, Necrologie, Syria, Vol. 57 (1980), p.502-503.
Palmer, A.N. and Ginkel,J, 'Leroy, Jules' in Dictionary of Art 19 (1996), p.231-232.
Selected Publications:
Les Manuscrits Syriaques à peinture conservés dans les Bibliothèques d'Europe et d' Orient. Contribution à l' étude et à l' iconographie des églises de langue syriaque, Geuthner, 1964.
Ethiopie, archéologie et culture, Desclée de Brouwer, 1973.